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US Military Academy concert Band at
Sugar Loaf's Lycian Center
The United States Military Academy
Concert Band will perform at the Sugar Loaf Lycian Centre on
Saturday, April 12th at 7:30 p.m. The
concert, conducted by deputy commander Captain Treg Ancelet, will
feature a program of concert marches, light classical works and the
talents of the U.S. Military Academy Band Youth Solo Competition
winners. The U.S. Military Academy Concert Band will perform
Ottorino Respighi’s Pines of the Appian Way; John Philip Sousa’s
The Circumnavigator’s Club March; and the First Suite for
Military Band by Gustav Holst. This concert is free and open
to the public. Tickets are going fast. Contact the Lycian
Centre Box Office at 845-469-2287 to get your free tickets.
Additionally, the band will feature the
talents of two local area high school students. Ms. Monica
Bendernagle, currently a sophomore at Arlington High School, has
distinguished herself as a fine musician, performing with a number of
local orchestras and chamber ensembles. Ms. Bendernagle will
present Carl Maria von Weber’s Concertino in C Major on oboe and
Georges Bizet’s Carmen Fantasie on flute.
Scholar-musician Ms. Melissa Sakow, a
senior at Newburgh Free Academy, has also distinguished herself by
performing in a number of local and regional honor ensembles as both
flutist and vocalist. The Academy Band will feature Ms. Sakow on
Charles T. Griffes’ Poem.
More information is
also available at the
Sugarloaf Lycian Centre website
For concert
information, cancellations and updates,
call the Academy Band’s 24-hour hotline at (845) 938-2617.
Historic Performance by the
West Point Cadet String Ensemble
The United States Military
Academy Cadet String Ensemble (Army Strings), under the direction of Ms.
Ellen Gartner Phillips, will present a concert on
Saturday, May 10th at 7:00 p.m. in the Eisenhower Hall Ballroom.
This concert is free and open to the public and will be followed by a
reception. This is the first full orchestral performance by the
cadet group, and perhaps the first such concert in the history of the
Academy.
The Army Strings was first named as an
official cadet club in 2006 but traces its roots to the previous year.
In the fall of 2005, Cadet Renee Rysiewicz ’07, then a yearling
(sophomore), decided she wanted to continue playing the violin while at
the Academy and that doing so in a small ensemble would be fun.
The club began with informal meetings as cadets found free time to play.
Since then, the club has grown to include a full string ensemble with
weekly rehearsals. This year, the club celebrated its first year
with a director, Ellen Phillips, making this historic performance
possible. The club has provided string music in chamber groups for
numerous events at West Point to include receptions, dinners, weddings
and special events. The club includes cadets who play violin,
viola, cello and the string bass.
The program includes a wide range of
music for string ensembles. Britten’s Simple Symphony and
Rossini’s The Barber of Seville are featured classical pieces.
The program also includes diversity with music by Sousa, Gershwin, Bach
and the Beatles. In addition to the full ensemble, cadet violin
and cello soloists will be featured.
Director Ellen Gartner Phillips is a
classically trained violist. She has played with the Hudson Valley
Philharmonic, the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, and the Civic Orchestra
of Chicago and has worked under the baton of acclaimed conductors Larry
Rachleff, Stephen Sanderling, Joseph Silverstein and Michael Stern.
She holds a Bachelor of Music Degree from Northwestern University in
Evanston, Illinois and a Master of Music Degree from Rice University’s
Shepherd School of Music in Houston, Texas. Ms. Gartner Phillips
also manages a private studio of violin and viola students in
Poughkeepsie, New York and is married to Staff Sgt. Joshua Phillips, a
horn player in the U.S. Military Academy Band. Anticipating the
upcoming concert, she notes, “the Army Strings have come a long way in a
very short time. I am thrilled to be a part of that growth and
excited that these cadets continue to make music a part of their already
busy lives.”
Please allow extra
travel time for the 100% vehicle and photo I.D. inspection at Stony
Lonesome and Thayer gates.
For concert
information, cancellations and updates, call the club Officer-in-charge,
Lt. Col. Rod Sturdivant at (845) 938-3322; or visit us on the Internet
at
http://www.usma.edu/uscc/dca/clubs/club%20setup%20info/astg.html
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